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Lebanon; Mrs. Oliver J. Chamberlain, Pierce City; Mrs. Fannie 

 Bonner Price, Edwardsville, 111.; Mrs. E. W. Cole, Fredericktown, 

 Mo. 



Any group of women who find that they are interested in. any 

 of these lines of study or any other line of home economics may 

 write to the State chairman, Mrs. Flora Greene, Columbia, Mo,, 

 and outlines of study will be sent with suggestions for literature 

 on the subject. It is possible in this way to plan a course of earn- 

 est helpful work, or it may be as light as one may ask. 



THE CLUBS AND THE LIBRARY COMMISSION. 



(Miss Elizabeth Wales, Secretary Missouri Library Commission, Jefferson City, Mo.) 



Every mother likes to see her child grow strong and inde- 

 pendent. Thus, whenever I speak to women's clubs of any library 

 work, I always feel assured of a sympathetic hearing. When, 

 further, I speak of the work of the Missouri Library Commission 

 for the club women, I feel that I should always acknowledge the 

 indebtedness of that department of the State work to the energy 

 and interest of the women,'s clubs who mothered the movement 

 which created the commission and by their own initiative sent out 

 traveling libraries before there was any other department to do it. 



During the last four years the records show that 138 clubs 

 have sent in requests for assistance and books have been sent out 

 to the number of 6,142 volumes in answer to these requests. One 

 lady will write, "Our club is about to study the heroines of the 

 Bible. We should be very glad indeed if you could send us some 

 books from which we could make out a program." Another will 

 write, "World literature is to be subject of our club study during 

 the coming year. We should be very glad if you could send us any 

 outlines which will assist in making an intelligent program. We 

 would like to know if the Library Commission can loan us the 

 books necessary for making a study of such a subject." Another 

 club woman has a paper to prepare concerning the political forces 

 of the State of Missouri. Where should she write with any better 

 success than to the capitol of the State. A copy of the political 

 platforms and of the blue book published by the State Department 

 gives her all she needs to work out her subject. A letter from a 

 librarian in a small town tells us that their club is studying Greek 

 sculpture and is very anxious to find some kind of an illustration 

 of the Victory of Samothrace. This leads to our offer to loan a 



